$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $251,160 | Payouts | Results
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 483

Level 18 ended and tournament staff sent players on an extended 20-minute break while they color off the 1K chips. They will return to play two more levels before the 40-minute dinner break.

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $251,160 | Payouts | Results
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 483

After the bubble burst, we had a quick run for the payout desk, with shorter stacks taking their shot to double into late-night contention. Here’s a look at the first round of results:

48th: Steve Yagudaev – $1,040
49th: Gil Aboodi – $1,040
50th: Antuan Bunkley – $1,040
51st: Ariel Rosello – $1,040
52nd: Debbie Underhill-Hiorns – $1,040
53rd: Charles Rosenblatt – $1,040
54th: Bogdan Chornyy – $1,040
55th: Lee Connell – $1,040
56th: Carlos Bermudez – $1,040
57th: Rafael Del Prado – $1,040
58th: Jacobo Montoya – $1,040
59th: Igor Holdaiy – $1,040
60th: Paulius Kostickis – $1,040
61st: Rodrigo Aldorino – $1,040

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $251,160 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  61 of 483

On the seventh hand of bubble play, Sean Phillippi opened from the button, the big blind moved all in and Phillippi called.

Phillippi:
Big Blind:

It was a flip and Phillippi took the lead when he paired his ace on the flop. The board finished with the turn and river to send the field into the money.

Sean Phillippi – 351,000 (59 bb)

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $251,160 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  62 of 483

On the sixth hand of bubble play, Haim Or Krief opened from middle position and Carlos Bermudez moved all in for 83,000 from the cutoff. The blinds folded, Or Krief called, and they waited for action to finish on the rest of the tables before revealing their cards.

Bermudez:
Or Krief:

Bermudez was ahead for his bubble double and his hand held on the board.

Carlos Bermudez – 181,000 (30 bb)
Haim Or Krief – 670,000 (112 bb)

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $251,160 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  62 of 483

With 62 players remaining and 61 getting paid, tournament staff paused the clock to begin play on the money bubble. The clock will stay paused with two minutes coming off for each hand dealt until one player is eliminated to put the field in the money.

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $251,160 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  70 of 483

Players are back in action and the money bubble is on the horizon with 70 players remaining and 61 getting paid.

Michael Chiappetta came into the day with 151,000 but now leads the field by a lot. His 822,000 is a good deal more than second-place Haim Or Krief’s 597,000, and he is in great shape as we get deeper into the tournament. Al Gomez, Victor Taieb, and Kevin Rivers round out the list of players over 500K.

Blinds are up to 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante and the average stack is about 276,000 (46 bb).

Michael Chiappetta – 822,000 (137 bb)
Haim Or Krief – 597,000 (100 bb)
Al Gomez – 545,000 (91 bb)
Victor Taieb – 513,000 (86 bb)
Kevin Rivers – 506,000 (84 bb)

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $251,160 | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 483

The first break is here and tournament staff sent players away from the table for ten minutes to refresh.

They will return and the money bubble should hit in the next hour.

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $251,160 | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 483

Evan Teitelbaum opened to 13,000 from the cutoff and Juan Munne three-bet to 33,000 from the button. The blinds folded, the flop was , and Teitelbaum checked.

Munne bet 22,000 and Teitelbaum min-clicked a check-raise to 44,000 leaving another 55,000 behind. Munne said “all in” and Teitelbaum quickly called at risk for 99,000.

Teitelbaum:
Munne:

“Good call,” Munne said when he saw Teitelbaum’s flopped trip sixes.

The board finished with the turn and river for Teitelbaum’s double.

Evan Teitelbaum – 277,000 (55 bb)
Juan Munne – 160,000 (32 bb)

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $251,160 | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  86 of 483

Event 3 quickly dropped to the last ten tables with 86 players remaining after the first hour of play. They still have some work to do before reaching the money bubble but they are moving along at a nice clip despite the hour-long levels.

Blinds are now 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante and the average stack is about 225,000 (45 bb).

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $251,160 | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  97 of 483

Sean Phillippi was one of our max late reg players and you need to catch fire early to spin up the ten big blinds—he got there, plus some.

Phillippi was all in for 30,000 against two other opponents and the live players checked down the board. Phillippi quickly flipped up for a flopped open-ended straight draw and turned six-high straight to triple to 25 big blinds.

Plenty of chips with hour-long levels.

Sean Phillippi – 98,000 (25 bb)